Comparison

Lumen for Frigate vs Wallino Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lumen for Frigate

Monitor your security cameras and review intelligent detections from your Frigate NVR. This companion app offers live camera views, AI-powered event browsing, and recording playback with a sleek interface. Unlock advanced features like face recognition and system monitoring with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Live camera streaming
  • AI-powered event detection
  • Recording playback with timeline
  • Face recognition management
  • Semantic search for events
  • System monitoring metrics
  • Automatic Frigate server discovery
Features
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Lumen for Frigate is the beautifully crafted native companion app for Frigate NVR — the leading open-source, AI-powered network video recorder. Monitor your security cameras, review intelligent detections, and play back recordings, all from a stunning dark glassmorphism interface designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. LIVE CAMERA VIEWS Stream all your Frigate cameras in real time. Switch between single and multi-camera layouts with smooth, responsive controls. See what matters at a glance from anywhere on your network. AI-POWERED EVENT DETECTION Browse events detected by Frigate's advanced AI models — people, vehicles, animals, packages, and more. View snapshots, thumbnails, and clips for every detection. Filter and search events by camera, label, zone, or time range to find exactly what you need. RECORDING PLAYBACK Scrub through continuous recordings with an intuitive timeline. Jump to any moment, review footage around detected events, and play back multi-camera views in sync for complete situational awareness. FACE RECOGNITION Review and manage recognized faces detected by Frigate. Quickly identify familiar visitors and track appearances across your cameras. SEMANTIC SEARCH Go beyond simple filters — use natural language to search your event history. Describe what you are looking for and let AI find matching detections across all your cameras. SYSTEM MONITORING Keep tabs on your Frigate server's health. View CPU and GPU usage, storage capacity, detector inference speed, and camera performance metrics at a glance. AUTO-DISCOVERY Lumen automatically finds Frigate servers on your local network and supports Tailscale connections, so setup takes just seconds. DESIGNED FOR APPLE Built with SwiftUI from the ground up. Lumen feels right at home on iOS and macOS with smooth animations, native controls, and full support for Dynamic Type, Dark Mode, and multitasking. FREE TO START, PRO TO UNLOCK MORE Get started for free with up to 4 cameras and 25 recent events. Upgrade to Lumen Pro to unlock unlimited cameras, advanced event filtering, recording timeline, system stats, face recognition, macOS support, and everything that comes next. Lumen Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Current prices are shown in your local currency on the App Store. Start with a 7-day free trial of all Pro features. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://lumenforfrigate.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://lumenforfrigate.app/privacy Frigate NVR is required. Lumen is an independent third-party client and is not affiliated with the Frigate project.

About

Wallino Reader

Features
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Wallino Reader is a an iOS app for a self-hosted Wallabag server app. If you don't host Wallabag yourself, please check out the official Wallabag iOS app, since it also offers a subscription based backend without self hosting. Wallino is free and open source, please check out the GitHub repository. Features: - Archive news articles from websites, news apps and PDFs for archiving or reading later. You can even import plain text to create a new article entry. - Use the share extension from other apps: Wallino can even extract a news article link from text - Assign tags to articles to better organise your article archive. - Export the original link or export the article text as PDF to share with others - Apple Intelligence integration: automatic tagging and article summaries. Read the Wallabag documentation to find out more about how to set up Wallabag on your home server or rented cloud server: https://doc.wallabag.org.

Screenshots

Lumen for Frigate4 screens
Wallino Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumen for Frigate at every 5 days against Wallino Reader's every 2 weeks. Lumen for Frigate also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lumen for Frigate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Wallino Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumen for Frigate ships an update every 5 days, Wallino Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lumen for Frigate versus Wallino Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumen for FrigateWallino Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristine MartinDominik Butz

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lumen for Frigate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Wallino Reader

One-time1
  • Standard tip$0.99

Questions

Is Lumen for Frigate free?
Lumen for Frigate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wallino Reader free?
Wallino Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lumen for Frigate or Wallino Reader have ads?
Neither Lumen for Frigate nor Wallino Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumen for Frigate or Wallino Reader?
Lumen for Frigate ships an update every 5 days, and Wallino Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lumen for Frigate was updated on November 7, 2026 and Wallino Reader on November 6, 2026.

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